Improvement of motor-evoked potentials by ketamine and spatial facilitation during spinal surgery in a young child

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1634-1636

  Erb, Thomas O ^a   Ryhult, Sven E ^a   Duitmann, Ewald ^a   Hasler, Carol ^a   Luetschg, Juerg ^a   Frei, Franz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; KETAMINE; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROPOFOL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINE;

EID: 19044364785     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000149896.52608.08     Document Type: Article

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